Product Security Program Manager

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 30 Jan 2025

 

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

In this critical role you will act as Program Manager, reporting to the Senior Engineering Director within the Product Security Office in Corporate Quality. This position is responsible for program and portfolio management with the Medtronic Product Security Office. We look for leaders who have a clear vision of where we are going and how to get there, bold inclusive thinkers who create new ideas and bring our best solutions forward to benefit our patients, business partners, and customers. 

We believe that when people from different cultures, genders, and points of view come together, innovation is the result —and everyone wins. Medtronic walks the walk, creating an inclusive culture where you can thrive.  Our unwavering commitment to inclusion, diversity, and equity (ID&E) means zero barriers to opportunity within Medtronic and a culture where all employees belong, are respected, and feel valued for who they are and the life experiences they contribute.  We know equity starts beyond our workplace, and we must play a role in addressing systemic inequities in our communications if we hope to have long-term sustainable impact.

Anchored in our Mission, we continue to drive ID&E forward both to enhance the well-being of Medtronic employees and to accelerate innovation that brings our lifesaving technologies to more people in more places around the world.

This position has primary responsibility for overall portfolio management and reporting of the Product Security Office.  Key objectives include: 

• Responsible for our project/portfolio management, metrics, and internal/external Comms (including leading the Community of Practice, PSO newsletters, blog, and other communication means). 

• Lead metric/KPI collection and publication

• Leading our Trust thru Transparency strategic pillar, including partnering with the GCISO team on assessing and building out a Customer Inquiry process across Medtronic. 

• Serves as a critical point of contact for the Product Security Office QMS document updates, and interfacing with our internal stakeholders to facilitate adoption. 

• Drive cultural changes on key concepts across the organization through workshops and communities of practice e.g., Threat Modeling, Security Risk Management, vulnerability management & penetration testing, and Software Bill of Materials.

• Strengthen relationships with critical Engineering, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, Global Security office, global IT, and Leadership stakeholders in Operating Units.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Must have experience and knowledge working with regulated medical devices and cybersecurity requirements.

• Leveraging the Product Security strategy and roadmap to drive maturity.

• Remain informed on Regulatory requirements for Product Security and be accountable to ensure those requirements are integrated into the Medtronic Quality Management System.

• Assist in developing an effective product security governance program that ensures strategic alignment of product security and broader corporate and operating unit objectives.

• Create energy and enthusiasm at all levels of the product security organization.

• Enable strong partnerships across the organization to drive best-in-class product security mechanisms.

• Continuously anticipate and be prepared for audits.

• Work with stakeholders to continuously maintain centralized product inventory.

• Assist with creating and tracking of KPI metrics for success over the course of the product lifecycle.

• Proactively engage with third party stakeholders such as researchers, industry peers, regulators, and potentially Medtronic customers. 

• Benchmark with external organizations for Product Security maturity.

• Document and communicate recommended security controls and deficiencies.

• Contribute to company standards and policies related to product security risks.

• Market and communicate program vision to project teams, key business stakeholders, and executive leadership.

• Provide detailed functional knowledge and maintain insight to current industry best practices and how they can be applied to Medtronic.

• Works with very little direction towards predetermined long-range goals and objectives.

• Establishes streamlined processes and structures that accelerate change initiatives; plays a leadership role in change efforts.

• Escalate security and privacy issues as appropriate when discovered.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements:

To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident on your resume.

• Bachelors degree required

• Minimum of 5 years of program management/development experience or advanced degree with 3 years of program management/development experience.

Nice to Have:

• Experience in Product Security and/or Cyber Security with 5-10 years of program management/development experience

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including demonstrated influence of stakeholders across an organization

• Occasional after-hours availability to accommodate different regional and global partners.

• Experience working in a regulated environment and/or a formal quality system

• Some technical and troubleshooting skills

• Strong capability to research and evaluate emerging technologies 

• Preference is given to those with relevant product security or engineering experience.

• Strong in interpersonal communication and demonstrate a collaborative work style.

• Comfortable working in an ambiguous environment.

• Innovative thinker; ability to think outside of the current norms and processes

• Independent self-starter

• Strong communication and collaboration skills

• Solid writing and presentation skills

• Interest in novel applications of technology

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

Benefits & Compensation
 

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.  We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
 

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$136,000.00 - $204,000.00

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Life insurance, Long-term disability leave, Dependent daycare spending account, Tuition assistance/reimbursement, and Simple Steps (global well-being program).

 

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match, Short-term disability, Paid time off, Paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

 

Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns.  Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

 

Further details are available at the link below:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people. 
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here.

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.